Eight new post-doctoral fellows will be appointed. Recruitment opens from 1 April.

Three post-doctoral fellows, each for 4.5 years, will be working on a new project on the concept of Genius before Romanticism, led by Alexander Marr from the Department of History of Art and funded by the European Research Council.

Three further 4.5 year fellowships will be offered to work on the theological, natural philosophical and economic strands of a second project funded by the European Research Council, on epistemic intersections in early modern England, with literary interventions as a running thread. This is led by Subha Mukherji from the Faculty of English, joint host of this project (with CRASSH).

The seventh postdoctoral fellow will be appointed for 3.5 years on the legal strand of the Epistemic Intersections project.

The eighth postdoctoral fellow, a three-year position, will be working on digital ways of exploring the textual and visual archive of the era as part of the work of a new digital initiative at CRASSH.

The projects are interdisciplinary and collaborative, and will coincide with CRASSH’s interdisciplinary programme in collaboration with McGill University, on Conversion in the Early Modern period (funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada), which will have annual visiting fellows and a seminar series. They will be further complemented by CRASSH’s highly successful research groups with an early-modern focus, such as the ‘Things’ seminars in material culture and the ‘Seeing Things’ programme, a collaboration between CRASSH and the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute.

CRASSH’s Director, Simon Goldhill, said : ‘We congratulate Alexander Marr and Subha Mukerjee at winning these prestigious and competitive major grants – and we look forward to CRASSH providing a new focus for interdisciplinary Early Modern research at Cambridge, to complement our teams working on the nineteenth century and contemporary society. Exciting times…’.

The Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network (DiXiT) offers
12 Marie Curie fellowships to early stage researchers (ESRs) for a
period of 3 years and 5 Marie Curie fellowships to experienced
researchers (ERs) for a period of 12 to 20 months.

DiXiT (Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network) is an
international network of high-profile institutions from the public and
the private sector that are actively involved in the creation and
publication of digital scholarly editions.

DiXiT offers a coordinated training and research programme for early
stage researchers and experienced researchers in the
multi-disciplinary skills, technologies, theories, and methods of
digital scholarly editing.

DiXiT is funded under Marie Curie Actions within the European
Commission’s 7th Framework Programme and runs from September 2013
until August 2017.

3 post-doc positions are now on offer at the Université catholique de Louvain as part of the ERC Advanced project 740618: " The origin and early development of philosophy in tenth-century al-Andalus: the impact of ill-defined materials and channels of transmission" (2017-2022).

PhilAnd is a five-year Advanced ERC project to start in October 2017 at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) under the supervision of Prof. Godefroid de Callataÿ. The objective of PhilAnd is to conduct a large-scale exploration of how, and under which form, philosophy appeared for the first time in al-Andalus. At the crossroads of several major lines of enquiries in modern scholarship and in line with recent discoveries having important chronological implications, PhilAnd focuses on the 10th century, a period usually disregarded by historians on the assumption that philosophy as such was not cultivated in the Iberian Peninsula before the 11th-12th centuries. Its originality is also to put emphasis on ‘ill-defined’ materials and channels of transmission, a field which remains largely unexplored. PhilAnd will be conducted in partnership with the Warburg Institute (University of London).

As part of this project, three post-doc positions of three years each (to start from 2 January 2018) are offered at the UCL in relation with the three following sub-projects (SP):

1) the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’: This SP will aim at producing a comprehensive survey of all the elements which are likely to inform us about the chronology of redaction and – where applicable – of introduction into al-Andalus of the three works that have commonly been ascribed in sources to this most influential group of thinkers known as Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’ (‘The Brethren of Purity’), namely: a) the Rasā’il (‘the Epistles’); b) the Risāla Jāmi‘a (‘The Comprehensive Epistle’) and, c) the Risāla Jāmi‘at al-Jāmi‘a (‘The Super-Comprehensive Epistle’). This chronology is currently far from clear.

2) Ibn Waḥshiyya and the Nabatean Corpus: This SP aims to evaluate the impact of the Filāḥa Nabaṭiyya (‘The Nabatean Agriculture’), a complex and enigmatic Arabic treatise on agriculture written in the Orient, on the development of both Islamic and Jewish Neoplatonism in al-Andalus from the 10th to the 12th century. The focus will be on the reception of the ‘philosophical’ and bāṭinī (rather than agronomical) aspects of the work, with the aim of understanding why this notoriously esoteric work remained so influential even to Jewish thinkers like Judah Halevi and Maimonides.

3) Ibn Masarra: This SP will lead to the first monograph entirely devoted to Ibn Masarra’s Kitāb khawāṣṣ al-ḥurūf (‘The Book of the Properties of Letters’), consisting of an extensively annotated translation of this mystical treatise, together with an in-depth exploration of its place in the history of ‘ilm al-ḥurūf, the Islamic science of letters – including its links with the Jewish Kabbala – up to the time of Ibn ‘Arabī. This will fill an important gap and provide a valuable resource for the study of Islamic mysticism in al-Andalus.

The qualifications required for any of these sub-projects are:

a PhD in Islamic Studies, in Middle Eastern Studies, or related fields;

an excellent command of Classical Arabic (the knowledge of additional languages such as ancient Greek, Latin and in particular Hebrew is considered an advantage);

a first-rate track record and research experience;

publications of articles in peer-reviewed international journals or monographs with recognized academic publishers;

academic writing and presentation skills in English (the working language of the project);

the ability to work both individually and as part of a team.

These three post-doc positions are full-time equivalent. They are offered for a period of 12 months, renewable twice (three years in total) upon good performance. The post-docs retained will be required to reside in Belgium for the whole period of their fellowship. They will be asked to contribute to the intellectual life of the ERC project and of the UCL.

How to apply?

Applications should be made via pdf files and contain the following:
(1) a cover letter setting out the candidate’s qualifications and motivation for applying for one of the three positions offered (maximum 2 pages);
(2) a curriculum vitae (maximum 3 pages);
(3) a list of publications;
(4) two samples of published work (articles, chapters) in pdf (preferably in English);
(5) a transcript of grades and/or copy of the PhD certificate;
(6) the name (with title, affiliation and email) of four people who have accepted to be contacted as potential referees.

Applications should be made electronically and sent to the following address:
godefroid.decallatay@uclouvain.be
The application deadline is 10 November 2017

Interviews will be arranged between 4 and 6 December 2017.
Candidates selected for the interviews will be contacted by mid-November 2017, and asked to write a short research design on a topic to be announced at that moment.
Employment should become effective from 2 January 2018.

The Medieval Institute offers a fellowship for a junior faculty scholar in Medieval Studies, made possible through the generous response of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to a challenge grant awarded to Notre Dame by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The fellowship permits an outstanding young scholar in any field of medieval studies to continue his or her research while in residence at Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute during a full academic year.

Stanford departments have hosted Mellon Fellows for over thirty years, based on a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in the 1970s. In 2001, the fellowships were brought together into a coherent program under the leadership of Seth Lerer. Lerer developed the program into a genuine community of scholars, fostering intense dialogue across disciplines based primarily on regular and close engagement by the Fellows with one another’s work. The Mellon Fellowship is currently directed by R. Lanier Anderson (Philosophy) and J.P. Daughton (History).

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities (formerly the Stanford Humanities Fellows Program) is an interdisciplinary program offering post-doctoral fellowships in humanities disciplines. The program brings outstanding younger scholars (within three years of the PhD) to Stanford on two-year fellowships (with the possibility of a third). Fellows enjoy substantial time to pursue research, teach two courses per year in an affiliated Stanford Department, and participate in an active program of scholarly exchanges with other Fellows, Stanford faculty, and outside visitors.

The Mellon Fellows Program aims to foster Fellows’ careers through close engagement with established scholars, including Stanford faculty associated with the program, internal and visiting fellows at the Stanford Humanities Center. The Program invites major figures in the humanities to present public lectures and participate in small group sessions with the Fellows, and the Fellows gather throughout the year, to present their research to one another and for professional development workshops devoted to pedagogy, publishing, and mentoring.

Each Fellow is affiliated with a Stanford Humanities department, which arranges teaching and office space. This complements the Fellowship’s cross-disciplinary community by promoting Fellows’ full engagement in the activities of their home disciplines here at Stanford. Mellon Fellows are also full participants in the intellectual life of the Stanford Humanities Center, a residential research community which brings outstanding external faculty to Stanford for research leaves, as well as providing competitive internal fellowships to Stanford faculty and graduate students. Fellows will have the opportunity to be active in the Humanities Center’s programs and workshops.

The fund has been established in honour of Professor James H. Marrow, Honorary Keeper of Northern Illuminated Manuscripts at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Professor Emeritus of Art History at Princeton University, to provide financial assistance for students and independent scholars who need to travel to the Fitzwilliam Museum in order to undertake short term research on its collection of illuminated manuscripts.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday, 30 November. For details of eligibility and an application form, please email : james-marrow-fund@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

A three years PhD position in History of Ideas associated with the research project «The Legacy of Birgitta of Sweden. Women, Politics, and Reform in Renaissance Italy» is available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at University of Oslo.
The project is organized into four subproject, which investigate the legacy of Birgitta of Sweden’s extensive literary production and its possible impact on female writers and intellectuals in Renaissance Italy (1400-1650). A series of internationally acclaimed scholars participate in the project, and the PhD student is expected to join the project’s core group of researchers.

Barron Fellowship and Associate Professorship in Medieval History
University of Oxford -St Peter’s College and the Faculty of History

Applications are invited for a permanent full-time Associate Professorship in the field of Medieval History. The post is tenable from 1 October 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter and will be offered in conjunction with the Barron Fellowship in Medieval History at St Peter’s College. It will be based mainly at St Peter’s College with some responsibilities carried out at the History Faculty.

The Department of History at the University of Münster, Germany, is looking to fill a doctoral position at Münster with a Ph D candidate working on (or interested in working on) religious polemics in the 12th-14th centuries - including anti-islamic or anti-christian but also anti-heretical and anti-mendicant polemics etc., to be part of a research project with another PhD candidate. The position is for three years, at the usual German level (TV-L 13 50%), the deadline for application is end of March.

The Bourse Robert de Sorbon is intended for candidates who have recently defended their thesis outside of France, in order to permit a one-month research stay in the environment of the Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris (CNRS-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). The details of this award and the call for applications can be consulted on the Laboratoire’s website : http://lamop.univ-paris1.fr/spip.php?rubrique288

The Institute for Medieval Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Nova University in Lisbon aims to promote high quality research in the medieval field and foster international collaboration that contributes to new, multidisciplinary and comparative approaches to the Middle Ages.
The institute has a body of 150 members, which makes it the largest research center in the Iberian Peninsula exclusively devoted to Medieval Studies.

The publishing house Brill (Leiden) is sponsoring an annual research Fellowship at the Warburg Institute’s Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe (CHASE, London). The Fellowship has been made possible by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for publishing, which Brill won in 2012.

The Brill Fellowship at CHASE, of two or three months duration, is intended for a postdoctoral researcher. The Fellowship will be awarded for research projects on any aspect of the relations between Europe and the Arab World from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The Brill Fellows will have access to all Brill encyclopedias online for the duration of the Fellowship. The Fellow will be expected to contribute to the academic activities of the Warburg Institute and to give a seminar and a lecture on the topic for which they have been awarded their Fellowship.

The Call for Applications to the CENDARI Visiting Research Fellowships programme for 2014 is now open and the closing date for receipt of applications is the 9th December 2013.The following institutions will offer fellowships for 2014 on a competitive basis:

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

King’s College London, UK

National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Göttingen Centre for Digital Humanities (GCDH), University of Göttingen, Germany

University of Stuttgart and Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, GermanyThe CENDARI fellowships are funded for between 6 and 12 weeks.

The CENDARI Visiting Research Fellowships are intended to support and stimulate historical research in the two pilot areas of medieval European culture and the First World War, by facilitating access to key archives, specialist knowledge and collections in CENDARI host institutions. The CENDARI Transnational Access programme is financed by the European Union.In particular, the CENDARI project is committed to hosting early career scholars who aim to apply digital humanities methods to their historical enquiry. The fellowships are particularly designed to support researchers from countries without equivalent facilities and early career scholars with limited access to these research infrastructures.More information.

The CENDARI Visiting Research Fellowships are intended to support and stimulate historical research in the two pilot areas of medieval European culture and the First World War, by facilitating access to key archives, specialist knowledge and collections in CENDARI host institutions. The CENDARI Transnational Access programme is financed by the European Union.

In particular, the CENDARI project is committed to hosting early career scholars who aim to apply digital humanities methods to their historical enquiry. The fellowships are particularly designed to support researchers from countries without equivalent facilities and early career scholars with limited access to these research infrastructures.

Call for 2014-15 Central European University (CEU) Visiting Research Fellowship program supported by the Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Foundations. The program is aimed at academics employed in higher education institutions in selected countries. Fellows can be hosted by any CEU department or research center for a period of three to six months. Fellowship covers travel costs to/from Budapest, accommodation and a monthly stipend of 1,800 USD per month.

The Claudio Leonardi Fellowship of the Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation for Medieval Latin Studies has been established to support scholarship in Medieval Latin Studies - in particular, research by young scholars - with a grant-in-aid in honor of Claudio Leonardi (1926-2010), founder and first president of the Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino (S.I.S.M.E.L.). The grant will allow one scholar (doctoral or postdoctoral candidate) to spend a period of three to six months abroad pursuing research in his/her chosen field with a monthly stipend of 2,500 Swiss francs. In addition, the recipient may make use of an additional subsidy of 3,000 Swiss francs toward the cost of publication of his/her doctoral thesis or posdoctoral research on condition that the print publication indicate foundation support (“published with the support of the Zeno Karl Schindler-Stiftung.“) Applications should be submitted (with curriculum vitae, description of research project, and reason for research abroad) by September 1, 2014, via email to : Prof. Jean-Yves Tilliette, Langue et littérature latines médiévales, Université de Genève (Jean-Yves.Tilliette@unige.ch). Applications will then be submitted to the Governing Board of the Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation for evaluation during its fall meeting. The fellowship assignment will be made during the annual S.I.S.M.E.L. General Meeting which will be held on March 28, 2015. The winner will then be given the opportunity to present a fifteen minute lecture on his/her research or on particular aspects of his/her doctoral or postdoctoral research.

The St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship in Mediaeval History, to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2014-15.

The Fellowship is open to any academic in a permanent university post with research interests in mediaeval history. The financial aspect of the fellowship is a subsidy (up to £3000) towards the cost of travel to St Andrews and accommodation during your stay. Previous Fellows have included Dr Christina Pössel, Professor Cynthia Neville, Dr Ross Balzaretti, Dr Marlene Hennessy, Professor Warren Brown. The fellowship is currently held by Dr Edward Coleman.

The Fellowship carries with it no teaching duties, though the Fellow is expected to take part in the normal seminar life of the mediaeval historians during their stay in St Andrews. Weekly seminars, held on a Monday evening, run from September - December, and February - May. You will also be invited to lead a workshop on your chosen research theme during your stay. Fellows are provided with computing facilities and an office alongside the mediaeval historians in the Institute. The university library has an excellent collection for mediaeval historians.

You should send a letter of application by the advertised closing date, together with a scheme of research for the project on which you will be engaged during your time in St Andrews. You should also enclose a CV, together with the names of two academic referees, who should be asked to write by the closing date. All correspondence should be addressed to saimsmail@st-andrews.ac.uk<
mailto:fea@st-andrews.ac.uk>

The closing date for applications is 31 March 2014.

Further enquiries may be addressed to the Director, Professor Simon MacLean (saimsmail@st-andrews.ac.uk) or to colleagues in the Institute

Early Career Post-Doctoral Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts
Thanks to external funding, we are pleased to announce a new 3 year fixed-term position in the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern section at the British Library, for a Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts. The successful candidate will have recently completed a doctoral degree in medieval art history, history, literature or another closely-related discipline, or its equivalent, and have the specialist knowledge and strong research experience appropriate for an early career researcher. The new curator will assist the Lead Curator, Illuminated Manuscripts, in all aspects of curatorial work. The principal duties will include cataloguing, describing and publicising medieval and illuminated manuscripts.
A key aspect of the job will be presenting manuscripts in writing and orally to a variety of audiences, including blog posts, exhibition labels and presentations to students and visitors. Therefore, the ability to describe and present a broad range of material clearly and accurately is essential. The interview may include questions about the date and origin of a manuscript to be shown to be shown on the day..

The post holder will assist in the digitisation programme, including the selection of manuscripts to be digitised and the checking and describing of images, so information technology skills, including web-based skills, are also required.

A strong knowledge of medieval Latin is also essential, as well as palaeographical and codicological skills. Because the post-holder will be working both independently and as part of a team, the successful candidate will possess a high level of time-management skills and the ability to liaise effectively with colleagues in Western Heritage Collections and other departments at the Library.

Full details of the position and how to apply are available here. The reference is 01795.

A three-year post-doc position on "Ibn Masarra" is on offer at the Université catholique de Louvain as part of the ERC Advanced project 740618: "The origin and early development of philosophy in tenth-century al-Andalus: the impact of ill-defined materials and channels of transmission" (2017-2022). Application deadline: 30 April 2018

PhilAnd is a five-year Advanced ERC project which started in October 2017 at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) under the supervision of Prof. Godefroid de Callataÿ. The objective of PhilAnd is to conduct a large-scale exploration of how, and under which form, philosophy appeared for the first time in al-Andalus. At the crossroads of several major lines of enquiries in modern scholarship and in line with recent discoveries having important chronological implications, PhilAnd focuses on the 10th century, a period usually disregarded by historians on the assumption that philosophy as such was not cultivated in the Iberian Peninsula before the 11th-12th centuries. Its originality is also to put emphasis on ‘ill-defined’ materials and channels of transmission, a field which remains largely unexplored. PhilAnd will be conducted in partnership with the Warburg Institute (University of London). More info on: https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/incal/philand.html
As part of this project, one post-doc position of three years (to start from 1 September 2018) is offered at the UCL in relation with the following sub-project (SP):

Ibn Masarra: This SP will lead to the first monograph entirely devoted to Ibn Masarra’s Kitāb khawāṣṣ al-ḥurūf (‘The Book of the Properties of Letters’), consisting of an extensively annotated translation of this mystical treatise, together with an in-depth exploration of its place in the history of ‘ilm al-ḥurūf, the Islamic science of letters – including its links with the Jewish Kabbala – up to the time of Ibn ‘Arabī. This will fill an important gap and provide a valuable resource for the study of Islamic mysticism in al-Andalus.

The qualifications required for any of these sub-projects are:

a PhD in Islamic Studies, in Middle Eastern Studies, or related fields;

an excellent command of Classical Arabic (the knowledge of additional languages such as ancient Greek, Latin and in particular Hebrew is considered an advantage);

a first-rate track record and research experience;

publications of articles in peer-reviewed international journals or monographs with recognized academic publishers;

academic writing and presentation skills in English (the working language of the project);

the ability to work both individually and as part of a team.

This post-doc position is full-time equivalent. It is offered for a period of 12 months, renewable twice (three years in total) upon good performance. The post-doc retained will be required to reside in Belgium for the whole period of his/her fellowship. He/she will be asked to contribute to the intellectual life of the ERC project and of the UCL.

How to apply?

Applications should be made via pdf files and contain the following:

(1) a cover letter setting out the candidate’s qualifications and motivation for applying for one of the three positions offered (maximum 2 pages);

(2) a curriculum vitae (maximum 3 pages);

(3) a list of publications;

(4) two samples of published work (articles, chapters) in pdf (preferably in English);

(5) a transcript of grades and/or copy of the PhD certificate;

(6) the name (with title, affiliation and email) of four people who have accepted to be contacted as potential referees.

Applications should be made electronically and sent to the following address:

godefroid.decallatay@uclouvain.be

The application deadline is 30 April 2018

Interviews will be arranged between 4 and 6 June 2018.

Candidates selected for the interview will be contacted by mid-May 2018, and asked to write a short research design on a topic to be announced at that moment.
Employment should become effective from 1 September 2018.

The Warburg Institute is seeking to appoint a full-time academic assistant to digitise the non-manuscript astrology section of its photographic collection. The contract is for four months, and the successful candidate will have experience of academic research combined with a sound knowledge of the iconography of European art. A PhD in Art History (from a recognised university) or relevant discipline is desirable. More information is available at http://ig29.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_universityoflondon01.asp?newms=jj&id=127851&aid=18555.

Getty Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to travel and living expenses to scholars whose research requires use of specific collections housed in the Getty Research Institute. They are intended for scholars of all nationalities and at any level who demonstrate a compelling need to use materials housed in the Research Library. Projects must relate to specific items in the library collection. Deadline 15 October 2013.More information.

The John Doran Memorial Scholarship is a funded full-time PhD studentship awarded in memory of Dr John Doran.One Scholarship is available for entry in 2013/14, to be awarded competitively across applications received from candidates wishing to undertake research leading to the award of PhD for a thesis addressing a topic in British medieval history between c. 400 and 1200.Applicants should note that Dr Thomas Pickles is likely to supervise the research. Dr Pickles pursues interdisciplinary research into the history of Anglo-Saxon England (c. 400 to 1066), combining written sources with settlement and cemetery archaeology, stone sculpture, metalwork, and place-names. Nevertheless, his research regularly employs written sources from the eleventh and twelfth centuries (histories, charters, episcopal acta). He has researched the relationship between social and political organisation and the development of the Church.

University of Chester -Department of History and Archaeology.Scholarship offered on a 3 year basis, depending upon satisfactory progress.The John Doran Memorial Scholarship covers the full-time UK/EU tuition fees plus an annual maintenance stipend for up to three years. For 2013/14, the stipend will be £13,726.Applicants should have a minimum of a 2.1 undergraduate degree in medieval history.For more information.

The Committee for the Lauro De Bosis Lectureship in the History of Italian Civilization at Harvard University seeks candidates who attained their Ph.D. (or equivalent) within the past ten years (December 2003 or after), for a postdoctoral fellowship in any aspect of Italian culture, history, and society, to be held during the academic year 2014-2015. The fellowship may be one or two semesters in length, depending on the proposed research project ; it carries a stipend of $25,000 for one semester and $50,000 for two semesters. The recipient of the fellowship will be expected to be in residence in Cambridge for the entire period of her or his appointment, and to use the resources of the University to pursue a project with a substantial Italian component. He or she will also have the opportunity to teach a course or organize a workshop at Harvard, and will be expected to make a seminar presentation of his or her work.

The successful applicant will be expected to provide teaching and undertake assessment for the following undergraduate modules : Introduction to Poetry (semester one) ; Introduction to Medieval Literature (semester one) ; Introduction to Renaissance Literature (semester two) and the following postgraduate module : Research Skills II (semester two).

Candidates must have a good degree and a PhD or equivalent in in a relevant discipline together with the ability to teach Medieval and Early Modern English literature effectively at undergraduate and postgraduate level in a variety of teaching
This work is offered on a fixed term basis and does not guarantee an offer of similar work in a subsequent academic year.

The University of York is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Medieval History in the period from c.900 to c.1500. The Department has internationally recognized strengths in the History of Medieval Western Europe and particularly welcomes applications from candidates who can extend its thematic and/or geographical range.

You should have a PhD in Medieval History, or cognate field, and ideally hold an appropriate teaching qualification. You will have an emerging publication record in Medieval History. You should have proven experience of teaching at undergraduate level and provide evidence of successful course planning, design and delivery across a range of modules.

Lecturer in Medieval HistoryFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI)University of Sydney is AustraliaREFERENCE NO. 1515/0912

As a Lecturer in Medieval history, c. 1000-1500, you will teach the first year Medieval History program, as well as specialist senior units. While you will be expected to teach units dealing with the Medieval European world, expertise in other areas including relations between Christian, Jewish and Islamic cultures ; the Mediterranean world ; or the European periphery will be an advantage. PhD qualified, you will demonstrate a potential for outstanding scholarly achievement. You will also have a publication record, experience in teaching, and a commitment to teamwork in curriculum development. The expected commencement date is early 2014 (preferably February).

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the department of History to complement existing expertise in Anglo-Saxon/ Norman History, late medieval politics, and early medieval history. The postholder will teach the history principally of Late Medieval England 1200-1500 within the University’s current BA and MA programmes.

The University of Bristol invites applications to a full-time permanent Lectureship (Lecturer B) in English Literature, with special reference to the Late Medieval/Early Modern period (roughly 14th - 16th centuries). The post is designed to foster research and teaching across conventional period boundaries. Candidates who can demonstrate excellence in research in any area of the subject are eligible to apply.

The successful candidates will join a Department with a long-standing reputation for the quality of its teaching and its research in both Medieval and Early Modern literature, and become part of a dynamic community of scholars in the School of Humanities and the Faculty of Arts.

The School of Modern Languages is seeking to appoint to a permanent Lectureship in French from 15 January 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. You will be expected to hold a PhD, and should possess native or near-native language skills in French and English. Applications are invited from candidates with a specialist interest in any area of French Studies.

Lectureship in Medieval History, University of East Anglia - School of History.The post is open to those working in any field of medieval history, European or British, from 500 to 1480AD. Evidence of a strong research record and commitment to teaching are essential qualifications.
8 This full-time indefinite post is available from 1 September 2013. You will be expected to play an active role in the development, delivery and administration of teaching and research activity within the School and the Faculty of Humanities.Closing date : 12 noon on 8 July 2013.More information on the website of the University of East Anglia.

The Department of Italian at Cambridge University is seeking to appoint a University Lecturer in Medieval Italian Studies. The successful candidate will normally hold a PhD in a relevant field and will have a record of - or demonstrate clear potential for - outstanding research and publications in medieval Italian literature and culture. The successful candidate will be expected to lead the teaching, supervising and examining of students in the area of Dante and medieval Italian literature and culture, at both undergraduate (B.A.) and postgraduate (M.Phil. and Ph.D.) levels. Other duties will include, as requested by the Head of Department, teaching language, collaborating with researchers and teachers in related fields and disciplines, and contributing to the administration of the Department’s and Faculty’s activities. Native or excellent near-native command of both Italian and English is essential.

Applications are invited from outstanding candidates who have research and teaching interests in medieval literature. The successful candidate will be expected to have an excellent research and teaching profile, commensurate with career stage, which will complement the Department’s existing strengths. She or he will be able to make a significant contribution to undergraduate teaching, and to teach widely and flexibly across a range of periods and subjects. These may include Old English and Shakespeare. She or he may also be asked to contribute to postgraduate teaching and examining. Please note this is a one year fixed-term contract from 1.10.14. The Department of English Studies at Durham is one of the leading English departments in the country, with a lively research culture and excellent students. It is consistently ranked in the top 5 departments in the subject in a range of university guides.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces two new positions (1-2 years) funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Curatorial Research/Collections Specialist Fellows will provide scholarly support for the curatorial program through focused art historical research and cataloguing of the Museum’s permanent collection.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut (KHI) and the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations of Koç University (RCAC, in Istanbul) offer a joint, one-year fellowship. The successful candidate will spend the fall semester at one institution, and the spring semester at the other. She/he will carry out projects that represent advanced research on any aspect of the study of visual culture from antiquity to early 20th century.

The fellowship will be awarded, at one of two levels : one junior fellowship for advanced doctoral candidates who are writing their PhD dissertation, or one senior fellowship for candidates who have received a PhD within a decade of the year of application (PhD certificates not earlier than January 1, 2003). Candidates must be conversant in English. Fellows may not take on any other obligations such as teaching positions, even part-time ones, during any part of their Fellowship term.

The fellowship period will be one academic year, which will be spent as one term at KHI and one term at RCAC (fall semester : September 15 to January 31 ; spring semester : February 01 to June 15). The successful candidates can express a preference for spending the fall semester in Florence or Istanbul. During both semesters, it must be possible for fellows to carry out most of their research with the resources available in the city where they are resident.

KHI fellowships (including additional allowances and reimbursements) have to follow the funding guidelines of the Max Planck Society (in their current version) to promote scientific cooperation with foreign countries.
KHI does not offer accommodation.

Reference : SEP20170020Expiry date : 16:59, 06 October 2017Location : South KensingtonSalary : £26,940.00 - £38,542.00 Per AnnumBenefits : Group Personal Pension, Life Assurance Scheme, and other great benefitsWe are seeking to appoint a Curator of Medieval Art and Design to join the Department of Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass.

The post-holder will be responsible for the development, care, research, display and interpretation of medieval art and design (excluding manuscripts, which are held in the National Art Library) in the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass Department. The extensive European medieval collections are of national and international importance, and the post-holder will serve a wider role within the Department and the Museum as one of the medieval specialists, and will be expected to play an active role in the field of medieval studies and collecting, both nationally and internationally.

The successful candidate will have practical experience of collections management, excellent organisational, interpersonal and writing skills and experience in research and publication. They will be comfortable working across decorative arts collections, contributing to the V&A FuturePlan and exhibition projects, and cultivating and cementing good relations with external organisations and communities.

Please note that candidates who are invited for an interview will be asked for an example of the written/published work.

A one-year position for a research assistant is opening up at the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams project at Ghent University. The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams is a research project based at the Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University and funded by the Flemish Government ’Hercules fund for research infrastructure’. The database aims to provide on-line access to the vast corpus of book epigrams (or : metrical paratexts) found in Byzantine manuscripts.The successful candidate will be expected to create and maintain the textual records that form the core of the digital database. Primary tasks are the gathering of textual and contextual data from existing publications, and inputting the data through a user-friendly electronic interface. He or she will work in a collaborative research team. Candidates must possess a Master’s degree in Classics, Greek Philology, and/or Byzantine Studies. Thorough knowledge of Ancient and Byzantine Greek is essential, and acquaintance with Byzantine palaeography and codicology is desired.The appointment is for one year, but is renewable. The research assistant is expected to start on 1 October 2013 (at the earliest). Possibility to prepare publications as a co-author. Salary of c. 1,800 euro/month net). The research assistant will have the status of a doctoral bursary.Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, and the name and contact details of two referees. Applications must be sent to Professor Kristoffel Demoen (kristoffel.demoen@ugent.be), before 8 August 2013. The decision will be made known soon thereafter, at the latest before the end of August. For enquiries, please contact Dr. Floris Bernard (floris.bernard@ugent.be).

Department of English and Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of York offer two fully-funded positions. Applications are invited for two PhD studentships, available from October 2014.

Studentships are funded by the Centre for Medieval Literature (CML), which is jointly based at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU in Odense) and the University of York (UK). CML takes an integrated European approach to medieval literature from Scandinavia to the Middle East. Research is organised into three areas : languages, fictionality, and canon formation. The work of CML is interdisciplinary (literature and history) in studying texts as embedded within social relationships. We also attend to modern receptions of medieval literature.

Successful candidates for studentships will be committed to :

Collaboration which unites scholarship across disciplines and languages

Creating a shared research environment across SDU and York

Situating the work of their PhD within a wider European framework.

This opportunity is for studentships at York, those at SDU will be announced later. Students may apply to both York and SDU.

The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies offers post-doctoral Fellowships to be used for research at the Institute in the medieval field of the holder’s choice. Mellon Fellows will also participate in the interdisciplinary Research Seminars. The Mellon Fellowships are intended for young medievalists of exceptional promise who have completed their doctoral work, ordinarily within the previous five years, including those who are starting on their professional academic careers at approximately the Assistant Professor level. Fellowships are valued at approximately $35,000 (CDN).Applications for the academic year 2014–2015 should be sent to the Institute Secretary at the address below or emailed in document or PDF format to barbara.north@utoronto.ca. Completed applications, as well as all supporting documentation, must be received no later than 1 February 2014 and must include official confirmation that the PhD has been examined and that its award has been approved by the appropriate authority by that date.Application forms and further details.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City has generously funded annual postdoctoral Fellowships at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto for nearly a decade. The grant provides for up to four Fellowships each year, to be used for research at the Institute in the medieval field of the holder’s choice. Mellon Fellows will also participate in the interdisciplinary Research Seminar.

The Mellon Fellowships are intended for young medievalists of exceptional promise who have completed their doctoral work, ordinarily within the previous five years, and have defended their thesis successfully before the 1 February application deadline, and may include those who are starting on their professional academic careers at approximately the Assistant Professor level. Fellowships, are valued at approximately Can $35,000.

Art Histories and Aesthetics Practices is designed to open up the disciplinary boundaries of art history to a transcultural, global horizon. By creating a space of dialogue for scholars from all continents and regions, it aims to discuss the potentials and contours of a plural art history. It especially invites scholars from Islamic, Asian, African, European and Latin American art histories to join the program but also addresses neighbouring disciplines such as archaeology and other fields dealing with the history of visual cultures. Art Histories and Aesthetics Practices analyses the connectivity of larger historical spaces in a transregional perspective and investigates artistic production, aesthetic practices and the history of artifacts in a comparative approach, experimenting with new methodologies and forms of collaborative research. The concept of Aesthetics Practices introduced by this program, invites to study artifacts with their biographies as well as processes of transfer and transformation in a transcultural and “postglobal” perspective. The program has no chronological or geographical constraints. It collaborates with the museums of Berlin, the Berlin universities, as well as other universities, and aims at an intense interaction of art historical institutions. Its scholarly environment is designed to enable and encourage both fellows and the wider community to explore transregional approaches to the history of visual cultures and aesthetic practices.

Art Histories and Aesthetics Practices is an initiative of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence (KHI), Max-Planck-Institute and located at the Forum Transregionale Studien. Art Histories is directed by Hannah Baader and Gerhard Wolf and cooperates with the program “Connecting Art Histories in the Museum” (Berlin State Museums/KHI Florenz).

Applicants should have obtained their doctorate within the last seven years (before their application). We welcome applications from all continents and regions, with various disciplinary backgrounds, such as art histories, archaeologies and all relevant neighboring fields dealing with artifacts, artistic production, and aesthetic practices relating to objects, images and architectures. Applicants should be interested to engage in reflexive and transdisciplinary research. Art Histories Fellows are given the opportunity to pursue their individual research projects within a transdisciplinary and transregional context. They are expected to engage in the program activities, such as regular seminars, workshops, conferences and a travelling seminar. In the overall context of the Art Histories and Aesthetics Practices program and the framework of the Forum Transregionale Studien, the fellows will be part of a creative, intellectually stimulating, discursive environment.

The fellowships are based in Berlin and start on 1 October 2014 and ends on 31 July 2015. In particular cases, shorter fellowship terms may be considered. Application deadline : 25 janv. 2014.

The Faculty of History, University of Oxford is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher from 1 February 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter to work on the project ‘The Cult of Saints : a Christendom-wide study of its origins, spread and development’, directed by Dr Bryan Ward-Perkins and funded by a €2.3 million ERC Advanced Grant (2014-18). The project will investigate the origins and development of the cult of Christian saints, gathering all evidence available on the cult, from its origins until around AD 700, across all the languages of early Christianity that have left evidence from this period (Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Georgian, Greek and Latin). The project will employ six postdoctoral researchers to produce a series of monographs and a freely-available searchable database of the evidence for the cult of saints, with English translations of texts and full reference to relevant scholarly work. During the project, two workshops will be held with expert scholars from across Europe, testing the effectiveness of the nascent database, and a major international conference will take place.

The appointee will have responsibility for collecting and researching the material in Latin, and, in particular, will produce a major new study of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum informed by the Cult of Saints database. S/he will liaise closely with a major project collaborator at Warsaw University. The appointee will be required to represent the project and deliver papers at team workshops, external workshops, conferences, public events, and other meetings. The successful candidate will hold a doctorate in a relevant field, have excellent knowledge of Latin and knowledge of the historical context of late-antique Christianity. Knowledge of relevant languages beyond Latin, experience of working with hagiographical material and experience of working with databases would be desirable.

Only applications received before 12.00 noon on 19 December 2013 can be considered. Interviews will be held in January 2014.

L’université de Bristol propose un poste d’assistant de trois ans dans le cadre d’un projet autour de la sorcellerie.The University of Bristol wishes to appoint a Research Assistant for a period of three years from 1 February 2014, to work upon the project, “The Figure of the Witch”.Date limite de candidature : 31 oct. 2013Plus d’informations.

The French department at Columbia University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with specialization in any aspect of Medieval and/or 16th century French literature and culture.
Applications to be received before 15 november 2013.More d’information.

The Faculty of Arts of the University of Antwerp (Belgium) is seeking to fill the following full-time vacancy in the Department of History : tenured academic staff in the area of Middle Eastern and/or Mediterranean History (1000-1600 CE)

Wesleyan College (Connecticut) is looking for an assistant professor Medieval Intellectual/Cultural History, to begin 1 July 2014, a scholar of intellectual and cultural history, broadly defined, specializing in medieval Europe and working primarily in languages other than Italian and English.Applications received by November 15, 2013 will receive full considerationMore information.

The Department of literature of the University of California, Santa Cruz is looking for an Assistant Professor in Medieval/Early Modern Mediterranean Studies ; work in at least two
languages, including Arabic, Byzantine Greek, Italian, Ottoman Turkish, Persian, Spanish, or other
relevant languages.More information.

Radboud University Nijmegen is advertising a position for a part-time
research assistant in Medieval Manuscripts and Late-Antique and Medieval
Christianity to be part of the research teams of the ERC Project PASSIM
(Patristic Sermons in the Middle Ages. The dissemination, manipulation and
interpretation of Late-Antique sermons in the Medieval Latin West), which
kicks off on 1 January 2019, and the NWO Project Alanus (On the trail of
Alanus of Farfa. Tracing the formation of Augustine’s authority in
medieval sermon collections for the liturgy), which commenced on 1 October
2018.

The research assistant will contribute to the gathering of data on Medieval
manuscripts that contain collections of Late-Antique sermons, from
manuscript catalogues and online repositories. He/she will also be expected
to undertake field trips to manuscript libraries in Europe and organise the
exchange of data on the manuscripts with existing databases and online
catalogues.

Location : Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Contract : Education/Research Officer, Level 3
Duration : 1 year initially, with the possibility of extension up to 4
years
Starting date : 1 February 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter
Contract type : Part-time (0,5 FTE)
Deadline for the application : 17 December 2018

Research Assistant in Art History.AHRC-funded Project ’The Production and Reading of Music Sources, 1480–1530 (PRoMS)’Applications are invited for a research assistantship, as part of a major research project funded by the AHRC. The post is available immediately and tenable for a fixed term of 10 months.Closing date for receipt of applications : 30 June 2013.For more information see the website of the Warburg Institute.

Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate in Medieval German Philology, in the Department of German and Dutch (University of Cambridge), working with Professor Christopher Young and Dr Mark Chinca. The vacancy has been created in the context of an AHRC-funded project on "Kaiserchronik : Literature and History in the German Middle Ages".

The Kaiserchronik (c.1150) is one of the great monuments of medieval literature. Chronicling the reigns of Roman and German kings and emperors, from the earliest times to the twelfth century, it projects a magnificent historical sweep in which the German-speaking peoples and their rulers feature as actors on the stage of ancient history and heirs to the legacy of Rome as capital of the Christian West. It is the first verse chronicle to have been written in any European vernacular. Yet despite its importance for literary and historical studies alike, it has been surprisingly neglected. This project is intended to yield a complete understanding of the extraordinary cultural resonance of the Kaiserchronik, and offer a transformative reassessment of the place of history-writing in the development of German literature in the Middle Ages.

The successful candidate will be expected to carry out specified assignments in support of the project. Principally this will involve assisting with the editorial process leading to publication of the critical edition. Specifically this will include checking transcriptions of the manuscripts ; collating the manuscript transmission of the text ; compiling the critical apparatus for the edition.

Candidates will normally be expected to have completed a Ph.D. in the field of medieval German literature or language by the time of appointment. Essential skills include : near-native competence in German and English, an excellent reading knowledge of Middle High German, previous experience in palaeography, and relevant IT skills or ability to acquire them.
Fixed-term : The funds for this post are available for 12 months.

The application deadline is 12:00 noon on Monday 6 January 2014.
The appointment will run from 1 October 2014 (or asap thereafter) for 12 months, and is subject to satisfactory completion of a probationary period of 3 months.

The CIRCSE Research Centre, UniversitÃ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
(Milan, Italy), invites applications for a full-time, fixed-term
Research Fellow position in the project Building and Integrating
Advanced Language Resources for Latin funded by the Italian Ministry
of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) within the programme
"Futuro in Ricerca 2013" (FIR-2013).

The project wants to enhance two available Latin treebanks (Latin
Dependency Treebank : Classical Latin ; Index Thomisticus Treebank :
Medieval Latin) with semantic-pragmatic annotation, building a new
lexical resource of Latin (a valency lexicon) and integrating all the
resources in one common infrastructure to ease their on-line access
and use.

The task of the successful candidate will be to annotate data at both
textual and lexical level and to apply and enhance natural language
processing tools.

Thorough understanding of Latin is required, as well as good knowledge of English.

Preferential conditions :

PhD in Classics or Computational Linguistics ;
attested research experience in one, or more of the following
areas : use of stochastic or rule-based natural language processing
tools ; building and use of annotated corpora ; building and use of
computational lexica ;
programming skills (Perl and/or Python) ;
theoretical and practical background in linguistic annotation
of textual and/or lexical data at both syntactic and
semantic/pragmatic level.

The post is available for up to two years (1 year + 1 year). The
salary for the first year is 19,370 Euros (1,470 monthly, after
taxes).

The full announcement and the application form can be downloaded (see under : Decreto rettorale n. 758 del 30 gennaio 2014).
Formal matter : although fluency in Italian is not a requirement,
documents for application are in Italian. Do not hesitate to ask for
help.

Informal enquiries about this position should be sent to the Principal
Investigator of the project, Dr. Marco Passarotti
(marco.passarotti@unicatt.it).

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is seeking to appoint a promising scholar to a Research Fellowship in medieval Islamic History. The Fellowship offers an excellent opportunity to work in an intellectually stimulating research environment, drawing on the Centre’s extensive academic links both within Oxford and internationally. S/he will be a full member of the Centre.The fellowship is tenable from January 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter, for a period of two years. A competitive salary in the region of £30,000 will be determined by qualifications and experience.Further particulars are available here, or from the Assistant Registrar (Gordon.brown@oxcis.ac.uk), Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, George Street, Oxford OX1 2AR, to whom applications, including CV and a list of publications, should be sent to arrive no later than Monday 6 January 2013. Applicants should arrange for three referees to write directly to the Assistant Registrar by the same date.

The School of History is seeking to appoint one 17-month Teaching Fellow in the history of late Mediaeval continental Europe (c. 1100-1500). This position is created by the award of an AHRC Early Career Fellowship to Dr Justine Firnhaber-Baker. Applicants should have teaching experience at university level and should normally hold an examined PhD on any aspect of the history of late Mediaeval continental Europe.

This teaching fellowship will start from 9 January 2014, or as soon as possible thereafter until 8 June 2015 on a full-time, fixed-term basis.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to the Chair of Mediaeval History, Dr Tim Greenwood, twg3@st-andrews.ac.uk, or the Director of Teaching, Dr Bernhard Struck, histdot@st-andrews.ac.uk.

UCL History Department is distinctive for the breadth of its expertise, which spans the fourth millennium BC to the contemporary world. The department seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow to cover the following modules in the 2014-15 session :

HIST6201 : Europe in the Early Middle Ages, 400-1000 To deliver a programme of weekly lectures and tutorial classes (three tutorial classes for a module cohort of 45 students) over the two teaching terms.

This course is designed to survey the principal developments of the history of Europe in the early middle ages, with particular reference to issues of concern to historians over the past 10-15 years. The course begins with an outline historical survey to enable students to identify the major settings, people and places (fall of the Roman Empire, rise of Islam, Carolingian and Ottonian Empires etc.) and then proceeds thematically, dealing with developments in a series of subject areas (e.g. states, religious experience, towns and trade, legal structures and dispute settlement) over the entire period.

HIST1006 : Writing History

Working as part of a team of 15 tutors you will develop our first year undergraduates’ skills and confidence as writers. This module is taught for the duration of term one.

The post holder will also be allocated a cohort of personal tutees.

This post is currently funded for 10 months from 1 September 2014 in the first instance.

Candidates must have a PhD in a relevant field. They must also have experience in undergraduate teaching and assessment.

Candidates should ensure a contact telephone number is included on the application form : candidates who have been shortlisted for interview will be contacted by phone, in the first instance, on Monday 14th July.

Applicants should apply online. To access further details about the position and how to apply please click on the ‘Apply’ button below.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact the Departmental Administrator, claire.morley@ucl.ac.uk (email claire.morley@ucl.ac.uk ), (tel. 020 7679 1341).

Teaching Fellowship in Late Medieval HistoryUniversity of Edinburgh -School of History, Classics and ArchaeologyCollege of Humanities and Social Science

Teaching Fellowship in Late Medieval History (18 months) Applications are invited from scholars of the highest calibre with teaching experience in any aspect of the late European Middle Ages (c.1200-1450). Applications are invited from scholars with expertise in any area of late Middle Ages, but preference will be given to those with expertise in European history.This post is tenable from January 2014 on a full time, fixed term basis for eighteen months.Closing Date: Wednesday 13th November 2013 5pm (GMT)More information

The Dorothy Dunnett History Prize 2013, worth £1,000, will be awarded by the Dorothy Dunnett Society for an essay of no more than 4,000 words, in English, based on the entrant’s original research.

Entries for the Prize will be accepted from history students registered on a PhD programme at any recognised higher education institution.

Essays may address any aspect of current historical research that meets the Society’s aims and/or falls within the thematic guidelines or other relevant topics and is contained, broadly, within the time periods of the novels. We are seeking submissions that will reflect Dorothy Dunnett’s skill in bringing alive the events and people of her chosen periods.

Submissions will be considered by a panel of Trustees of the Dorothy Dunnett Society and academics drawn from the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, at the University of Edinburgh.

As the consequence of a large European Research Council grant being awarded to Dr Bryan Ward-Perkins and colleagues for a project entitled ’The Cult of Saints : a christendom-wide study of its origins, spread and development’, we will be employing six postdoctoral researchers in this field. We are currently advertising for two postdoctoral research associates, one with specialisation in Syriac and one in Greek. I include summary details below of the post in Syriac, which will be for four and a half years.

The deadline for applications is mid-day UK time on Monday 3 March 2014 .

Research Associate, Cult of Saints project : Syriac
Salary : £29,837 - £31,664 p.a.
Fixed-term for four and a half years
Oxford vacancy reference : 111754
We are seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher from 1 April 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter to work on the project ’The Cult of Saints : a christendom-wide study of its origins, spread and development’, directed by Dr Bryan Ward-Perkins and funded by a €2.3 million ERC Advanced Grant (2014-18). The project will investigate the origins and development of the cult of Christian saints, gathering all the evidence that is available on the cult, from its origins until around AD 700, across all the languages of early Christianity that have left evidence from this period (Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Georgian, Greek and Latin). The project will employ six postdoctoral researchers in producing a series of monographs and a freely-available searchable database of the evidence for the cult of saints, with English translations of texts and full reference to relevant scholarly work. During the project, two workshops will be held with expert scholars from across Europe, in particular to test the effectiveness of the nascent database, and a major international conference will take place.
The appointee will have responsibility for collecting and researching all the material in Syriac, and will also produce a sole-authored monograph on some major aspect of the cult of the saints among the Syriac-using churches. S/he will liaise closely with Dr David Taylor of the Oriental Studies Faculty, Oxford. The appointee will be required to represent the project and deliver papers at team workshops, external workshops, conferences, public events, and other meetings. The successful candidate will hold a doctorate in a relevant field, have excellent knowledge of Syriac and the historical context of late-antique Christianity, and an effective working knowledge of the necessary modern scholarly languages. Knowledge of relevant ancient languages beyond Syriac, experience of working with hagiographical material and experience of working with databases would be desirable.
Only applications received before mid-day UK time on Monday 3 March 2014 can be considered. Interviews are expected to be held during early March. You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your application.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (the Max Planck Research Group Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe ; Director : Prof. Dr. Sven Dupré) announces two postdoctoral fellowships for up to two years starting date between July 1 and October 1, 2014. Outstanding scholars are invited to apply.

Candidates should hold a doctorate in the history of science and technology or a related field (art history, conservation science, technical art history, history of medicine) at the time of application and show evidence of scholarly promise in the form of publications and other achievements. Tenure of a prior postdoctoral fellowship will be to the candidate’s advantage.

However, research projects addressing the full scope of Max Planck Research Group dealing with the history of knowledge and art up to the eighteenth century (with a preference for the period between 1350 and 1750) will be considered. Research projects may concern any geographical area within Europe, and any of the visual and decorative arts. Short descriptions of the project.

Postdoctoral fellows are expected to take part in the scientific life of the Institute, to advance their own research project, and to actively contribute to the project of the Max Planck Research Group Art and Knowledge in Pre- Modern Europe.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science is an international and interdisciplinary research institute. The colloquium language is English ; it is expected that candidates will be able to present their own work and discuss that of others fluently in that language. Fellowships are endowed with a monthly stipend between 2.100 € and 2.500 € (fellows from abroad) or between 1.468 € and 1.621 € (fellows from Germany, who may alternatively opt for a contract TVöD E13 in the German system).

Candidates of all nationalities are encouraged to apply ; applications from women are especially welcome. The Max Planck Society is committed to promoting handicapped individuals and encourages them to apply.

Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae including publication list, research prospectus (maximum 750 words), and at least one sample of writing (i.e. article or book chapter) here.

Please arrange to have two referees send signed scanned letters of recommendation to :
officedupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de or originals by snail mail to : Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte Max Planck Research Group Dupré Boltzmannstr. 2214195 BerlinGermany

Deadline for submission : 15 February 2014Interviews will take place on 26 March 2014.

For questions concerning the Max Planck Research Group on Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe, please see here or contact Sven Dupré (officedupre@mpiwg- berlin.mpg.de). For questions relating to the online application procedure please contact (officedupre@mpiwg- berlin.mpg.de). For administrative questions concerning the position or the Institute, please contact Claudia Paaß (paass@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de), Head of Administration, or Jochen Schneider (jsr@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de), Research Coordinator.